76 INFLAMMATION OF THE GLANDS. 



RECIPE (No. 21). 



Tonic Balls. 



Take — Sulphate of iron (green vitriol), two drachms; 

 Extract of gentian, three drachms ; 

 Ginger, two drachms : 

 Make into a ball, and give daily. 



Occasionally the internal membrane of the nostrils 

 becomes violently inflamed, but no discharge accom- 

 panies the indication. In such case it is by no means 

 a useless resort to fill a large nose-bag with scalded 

 bran, and to hang it on the horse's head, as the inha- 

 lation of the steam favours the discharge of strangles. 

 In fact, the treatment of strangles consists in assisting 

 nature, and when the disease terminates fatally, that 

 result is generally brought about by the officiousness 

 of man throwing that, which the body was labouring 

 to eject, back into the animal system. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE GLANDS AND THROAT. 



In every case of severe catarrh, and frequently even 

 in milder cases, the glands of the mouth and throat 

 are affected ; they will become hot, swollen, and 

 tender. This may be evident externally, or will be 

 shown by the horse quidding Ms food ; that is, drop- 

 ping it from his mouth partly chewed ; it will be also 

 indicated by the animal gulping the water when it 

 drinks, and by the fluid returning through the nostrils, 



